(MEX/ITA 2015, 7" produced by Vinyl4Bootboys)
Let's talk about one of the last releases of Vinyl4Bootboys, a name that is itself a security. So, what would happens mixing together a brand new band from Mexico and one of new oi! promises from Europe? You would have in your hands this split! So let's talk about this fucking fantastic 7"!
On the A side we got Sun City Skins, from Hermosillo -one of the biggest town in the North of Mexico and, as you maybehave suspected, the one that's called the city of sun- that were born last year and with a precedent release on V4B, a good 7" of four songs, solid oi!, singed in spanish. These three guys know how to make their work! The guitar is the protagonist, a little rock 'n roll taste and ad, i think are a good description of what the band wants to do.
On th B side, we got F.A.V.L., and let's say no bullshits: it's not a great time for the Italian scene right now: not a lot of people, not a lot of bands and, even less bands that can cross the national borders with their music, so it's with a great pleasure that we talk about them! From Viterbo (near Rome), this band, born in 2011, got already a good collection of releases, a true surprise! Strong, pure and ferocious oi!, made by rude boys for rude boys. This band is one of our favourite in the new wave of oi! that is running across Europe in these last years, and, from what we see, we are not their only fans: their mix of old school sound and heavy attitude makes their music like a true fist, maybe a litte rough in certain things, maybe also related wih some heavy metal but, fuck off, they are F.A.V.L., not the Pink Floyd!
The two songs by SCS are pretty good and enjoyable, as already said is the guitar to lead the work and to make the songs richer, with riff that are across the classic 90's oi!, and the rock n' roll. "Nuestra escena" opens their side and it's nice: fast but not too "wannabe evil", and since the start you can hear the rock attitude they got, i think it would be a good scene to see all the Hermosillo skins sing the chorus together at a gig . "Anos en vano" is pretty better: easy, simple but with more blood in its veins and you can feel it as yours, similar to the opener but here the strumental parts are better and i like also the solo part and what follows it. They are a good soundtrack for an alcoolic meeting, for sure.
Let's come to the B side, where F.A.V.L. are waiting: two songs, two remakes of songs that were on "Cemento e folli", their debut LP, remixed with a better audio. This, as maybe you could have understood, it's our favourite side of th 7",even if these songs are not unreleasead songs. F.A.V.L. starts with a sonic aggression, a song that hits like an hammer, enriched by some guitar solo parts that allow to take some breath and a lot of choirs, a very good song, slow but charged, we prefer this version more than the one on the LP. Then it follows "Signo viterbium", and fuck, what a bomb! Fast, aggressive, a great work of guitars and a declaration of love to their city, that is somethin we always appreciate a lot in a skinhead band. In fact this is the kind of song you would love to have at your moshpit funeral.
So, to resume: a very good split between a more funny but a little less intresting band as Suncity Skins and a very promising band as F.A.V.L., that with this release makes another step in the building of their fame. If you like fast, r'n'r oi! and/or a more heavy and hammering sound, you will find here what you are searching for.
A
1) Nuestra escena
2) Anos en vano
B
3) Un altro ricordo
4) Signo viterbium
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